Aims: The purpose of this study was to verify the influence of Kinesiotape® (KT) and exercise on functional ankle instability score measure by the Y-test in female soccer athletes. Study Design: Interrupted time series with treatment removal. Place and Duration of Study: Futebol...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15231
Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine if Streptococcus mutans have adapted to the polluted condition present among this population, adolescents 11-15 years of age with and without caries, and the resistance of this organism to grow at different concentrations of lead (...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/9282
Francilene de Moraes Feitoza, Graciane Catarina Batista Magalhães, Sílvia Regina de Lima Reis, Anselmo Verlangieri Carmo, Keyla Aparecida Pontes Lopes Dias, Maria Salete Ferreira Martins & Maria Helena Gaíva Gomes-da-Silva·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
Aims: The aim of this study was investigate whether a comprehensive lifestyle management is able to promote improvements in the nutritional and metabolic profiles of obese women with NAFLD. Place and Duration of Study: This study was developed in the nutrition outpatient clinic o...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15745
Chitosan grafted with acrylonitrile loaded silver nanocomposite coated alginate beads were successfully prepared first, alginate beads were synthesized with homogenous structures sized ranging from 1.5 to 2 mm. The alginate beads were then submitted to surface modification (coati...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14775
Online Social Network Sites (SNSs) have no doubt contributed immensely towards communication as well as the educational pursuit of students in higher institutions of learning. Thus, SNSs enhance relationships amongst learners and their teachers, they improve learning motivation a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13698
Aim: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a poly-microbial syndrome. Amsel’s criteria or Nugent’s methods are usually used for its diagnosis. The present study was conducted to compare these two techniques regarding their reliability and possible preferences in practical use. Study Design...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15033
This article has the intention to explain how culture influences human mind and brain by referring to recent research in relevant disciplines: i.e., cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, genetics and epigenetics, neurobiology and neuropsychology, and cultural neuroscien...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13241
Approximately 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth, most of which live in rural areas and lacks formal education and vocational or professional skills. In spite of this, youth participation in agriculture has been relatively low in the country. This may be partly attribut...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15178
This paper assessed the preference for improved solid waste management among urban poor and non-poor households in Asaba, Delta-state. A random sampling method was employed resulting in 115 households and information obtained from the state’s waste management board. Descriptive s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14422
An epidemiological model depicting the dynamics of campus sex among students is analyzed in this study. For the purpose of this research, sexual activities among students is considered as a disease called SESEX. The Susceptible - Infected - Recovered (SIR) model is used in analyz...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/11815
The main goal of this paper is the investigation of the ε-hyperstability of an Euler-Lagrange type quadratic functional equation f(x + y) +1/2[f(x - y) + f(y - x)] = 2f(y) + 2f(x) in the class of functions from an abelian group into a Banach space.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14474
A software of seismic data collection was developed based on building a surface data base. The software represents a better way to manage seismic exploration data. The Browser/server (B/S) and the Client/server (C/S) are used to realize integrating the function of processing/inte...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14783
The main concerns about neonates’ umbilical stump are delay in its falling, umbilical cord infections and bleeding. Optimal umbilical cord care is therefore an important issue for both nurseries’ staff and neonates’ caregivers. Many investigators have explored the optimal cord ca...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14969
Aims: A school in which professional learning occurs among teachers is beneficial to both teachers and students. Professional learning is something teachers do, as they learn and share information and materials, and strive to improve student learning outcomes. Teachers are engage...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13767
This study has considered whether the differences in output and productivity among cassava women farmers in Benue state, Nigeria occur because of involvement in agricultural development project (ADP), or simply due to differences in observed characteristics. Data from 87 project...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14499